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EDITORIAL. 
her example. It was explained by one of the chief promoters 
of the act placing our colleges under the Regents and creating 
the Examining Board, that we were forced to accept this law or 
be content to again suffer defeat of our demands, and several of 
the members believed that an effort to modify the law now 
would result in an overthrow of the entire proposition. There 
can be no question but that the matriculation examination by 
the Regents is entirely too radical a departure from the past, 
that the elevation of the standard should have been more grad¬ 
ual. No one can be more jealous of higher education than the 
Review, as will be proven by reference to its pages for the 
past twenty years; but there is a sliding scale between evolu¬ 
tion and revolution, and if it were in existence our schools 
would have suffered less by more conservative action. If it 
really was a question of law or no law, there is no suggestion 
but that what we have secured is preferable to its absence from 
the statute-books. We do not feel justified, however, in advising 
other States seeking to secure legislation of a similar import to 
follow in our footsteps, and therefore New York must remain a 
stumbling block in the path that leads to perfect harmony and 
mutual recognition between the examining boards of the vari¬ 
ous States. It is probable that this cannot be avoided, and, 
therefore, we must make the most of it. 
While a perfect organization cannot exist between these 
boards, it can be so with the exception of New York. Much 
good can be accomplished by them, and we strongly urge all 
members of the profession in States looking to the enactment 
of such laws to consult the bills that have been passed in other 
States and make theirs uniform in requirement, so that recogni¬ 
tion of each other’s acts can be easily accomplished. 
False Report of Peeuro-Pneumonia.— The fool-killer 
would find very profitable employment if he were to visit the 
editorial sanctum of an agricultural journal called the Orange 
Judd Farmer and annihilate the individual who is responsible 
for having committed the very unpardonable crime of printing 
